Stevie Ray Vaughan - Say What

[MrJohnnyblayze]

No one compares. Wicked. Bad. Mean. Beautiful.

[garybryant77]

I agree, I could listen to this all day also!! SRV should be in the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame NO DOUBT!!!!

[1968Lotusflower]

@OlafArisson Hi where did you purchase this DVD... I NEED it.

[BiggNative]

21years tomorrow 

[kathleenpolutan]

for all those stevie ray fans he is the greatest blues guitar player thanks to his brother jimmy who taught him most of what he played both jimmy and stevie are the best ive ever heard watch pipline thats the shit it doesnt get any better

[PhantomCover]

seriously like possessed or something.

[gusite33]

el mounstruo del blues, nada mas

[stucruise1]

amazing for someone off his cake or otherwise.. supreme

[latinoyam]

this song makes me crazy miss you Stevie!!

[latinoyam]

this song makes me crazy!! miss you Stevie!!

[strandwolf]

AND thus did the aural phenomenon known as 'music' reach its ultimate pinnacle in The Milky Way galaxy AND this shall continue to reverberate until the the Universe's final contraction-- some 10 billion years after this irrefutable event.

[ringo57047]

Increible !! !!Sensacional !!...Amen..Viva por siempre .."Stevie.." R.I.P..

[mpratersch]

wow. 

[MrPlainsteel]

two people are stupid!

[overdrivesdl]

Once again Stevie blows everyone else off the planet. Pure and utter musical genius..enough said !!!

[ixlikexscurvy]

Could someone refer me to some good pedals to get a good Leslie speaker effect

[gettempapa]

@ixlikexscurvy I don't mean to kill your buzz but a pedal is not gonna make you sound like Stevie.

[SNDNGRKLR]

@gettempapa A pedal won't allow you to sound like SRV nothing will but he asked for a pedal that will get you the Leslie effect.

[jrbryce3]

@ixlikexscurvy any kind of vibrato pedal. I've got a custom vibroloux reverb and I use the vibrato on the amp for the effect, but I also have a deluxe reverb pedal that gives a boost and also has vibrato that works as good as my amp.

[StevieRayMatt]

@ixlikexscurvy I agree with gettempapa, but anyway, I have a Fulltone Deja Vibe, it's the exact copy of the 1960's univibe used by hendrix and stevie. You can buy that or the Mojo Vibe, but I think SRV made some modification on his Vibe (and the most important, he played with 6 different amps togheter, 4 fender or marshall and 2 leslie cabinets) so you can just try to be as near as possible to the blasting sound you hear on this video.

[tomitstube]

that bass is so phat! srv is beyond words.

[TheECWasHere75]

Nothing like Stevei..

[bibhuna]

I've just noticed that I've got similar sized hands to SRV... I'm only 16, so maybe they'll get a touch bigger.

[chimbolo89]

i get the meanest look on my face when i lsten to SRV, no im not mad I'm just feelin it

[Vaughanaddict]

@chimbolo89 Same bro. been gettin that same feelin now for 20 years. ever since i started to listen to stevie. there ARE No other Musicians who do what stevie does for me

[ontariobuds]

Jesus Christ! He makes it look sooo easy. When I watch this I think, "I could do that"...but in the back of my head i'm sayin "there is no fucking way i could do that"

[XWoodchuckleX]

@ontariobuds With just as much practice you could.

[donreaperman77]

Diggin the rotating organ speaker sound in this one.Wow then mashing on the wah.Awesome and combine that in with the concert place natural reverb one of the best sounding shows Ive heard.loving it

[mrkrinkle71]

RAVE ON MAN!!!!

[EricDymond]

What is the name of the song that he comes out of at the beginning!? Been driving me nuts all day..

Thanks in advance

[laszlo316]

@EricDymond Scuttlebuttin , its on here too same show,kicks ass!

[CHIDELTjuue]

i agree with savagepug and jassrv. that's actually been my music for today, SRV and nothing else. if there was a place where i could listen to Stevie all day long id b there non stop. it sure would beat most of what is considered music today that 's for damn sure.

[mrkrinkle71]

@CHIDELTjuue i live in that place!!!

[CHIDELTjuue]

@mrkrinkle71

dude, send me the fucking directions! lol. i'll move asap!

[VictorGTone]

oh god..........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Duenderelojero]

Is He a human bean?

[thatkidisatool]

@Duenderelojero i hope you r joking

[ShinOuri]

@Duenderelojero hahaha best accident ever ;D

[mikeyaaa]

not one freaking lyric! So many of my favorite SRV songs rae just him whaling on those sweet ass guitars.

LOVE IT!

[tnuffdawg]

This song is the main reason why I have a Cry Baby

[TheGreatLouMass]

LONG LIVE THE MEMORY OF SRV......He pretty much came to closets to Hendrix. Even closer than Robin Trower or Frank Marino. I don't think any other guitar player can come the closet to VOODOO CHILE Like Stevie. I don't think Robin Trower ever played Voodoo Chile. What's great about blues....these fancy gutiar players like Buckethead, Halen, Satriani with all of their tricks cannot come close to the SOUL of the blues. I heard Buckethead do Voodoo Chile. Sorry, not even close. lol

[CCRockit]

man if you dont like his music you gotta love his gettups.

[Vaughanaddict]

this song from this concert is best listened to very loudly and you better be buzzed up on some Crown! lol after all, thats how it was for stevie until he sobered up in later 86.

[twoking10]

Yeah, I know what you mean. I've watched a lot of these SRV vids and it seems like he had just a little extra something special in Tokyo. Maybe he was just trying extra hard to show the people in Japan what his music was all about. Who knows? But it's like he was in a zone that even the best like him could only hit just a few times in his life. Tokyo may have been his best performance ever.

[juandisamo54]

@twoking10 its called coke, and i wouldnt say it was one of his best, he plays a lot better sober

[5507156693]

@juandisamo54 "a lot better"?! No; The El Mocambo gig is one brilliant proof. However, clean and sober he played with more confidence and some special brilliance and didn't look as detached and distant as before

[srvfan420]

ive never seen stevie like this before, this concert in japan he just seems different, just feeling good in the zone, anyone else agree that has watched extensive footage of srv

[Hippyy123]

Oh there is no doubt that Tokyo was one of his best performances, right up there with El Mocambo i think. Personally I like the Tokyo version of Voodoo Chile a bit better then the El Mocambo version. He was really in the zone for that one i think.

[HadesDictator]

@srvfan420 Yes actually I thought the same thing when I watched that concert. He seems to be very relaxed and cheerful. A book I read seems to suggest there was alot of pot smoking at that concert... perhaps that had something to do with it. Either way, he was on fire that night.

[5507156693]

@HadesDictator When I first watched the entire concert (one of, if not my favourite by Stevie) he seemed very tense to me...and you see him as relaxed; that comes to show how different human perceptions can be....I don't know whether he was "cheerful" but -as he later had said - he was "tanked" more than ever, which sounds almost scary

[semismartguy]

Is it just me...or does it seem they never play Stevie's best stuff on the radio? I didn't even used to like SRV that much until I started listening to his CDs. It's stuff like this (Say What) that does it for me (yes, Texas Flood is great and the play it on the radio, but otherwise...not so much).

[damyankee425]

just like his strat he used that pedal to the max. jimmie would be proud stevie

[CCRockit]

@damyankee425

I think you mean Jimi.

its ok easy mistake. lol

[glenzo1212]

not very often you see stevie on the wah!

[kimmedavid]

that effect reminds me on hendrix .. great SRV rocks!

[wvgriffn]

My fav,i have the double CD and also a copy from a laser disc .

[lordlitherquot]

This must have been a hell of a gig,all these Tokyo clips are brilliant

[Maxharddrive64]

I cant agree more. His guitar sounds awesome on this

[mikeyaaa]

Japan shat in their pants that night

[buzzmund]

I heard somewhere that Stevie used 13 guage strings, can anybody here confirm this?

[rastell12]

yeah most of the time he used 12 gauge but he did use 13 gauge as well its how he got that bad ass tone

[srvanjoy]

yes he did!

[phantom5691]

i've heard 12 or 13 - it kills your fingers at first if you make the switch but you get a super fat tone

[redstrat711]

yes its true size 13 an 12

[ryemic]

theres even rumours he used 16 gauge strings at the el mocambo gig :S now thats rape!!!

[Fenderbluesman17]

That's a rumour, if you think anyone bends strings with 13's like that then you're sorely mistaken. Trust me, 13's are strumming strings, 12's and rediculous. The MOST he might have done was 11's, but look at his strings they look like 10's and on the Montreux 1985 it shows you specifically that they're 9's when he plays on this song.

[andrewbaltzer]

plenty of people bend 13s and up.

me included.

[Fenderbluesman17]

Not like that and don't say you can. Lol

[SuttyRamone04]

nah that's not true, the 16 and 18 guage might be a myth but most of the time stevie used 12-13s

the lightest he ever went to was 11s and he hated them cause of the lack of tone.. don't forget he had massive hands

also his fingertips used to get all ripped up so he' put superglue on to them before shows specifically so that he could play his 13s

I use 11s and I've not got massively strong hands so it can be done

[Fenderbluesman17]

His hands weren't that big. They're just long and skinny. My fingertips get ripped up from playing .11's for 2 hours or playing .9's for 5 hours straight. I mean, you could do even lighter than .9's (if they made them) and still rip up your fingers.

[srvanjoy]

my skin always peel off when i had 11s and i found it hard to play so i went back to 10s but the tone isnt as FAT as the 11s i had =[. in my video "blues jam in a" i had 11s on

[Fenderbluesman17]

Yea, 11's are nice. But tone is a preference too, so everyone is different. Otherwise the world would be black and white.

[srvanjoy]

yeh higher gauge strings are for older jazz guitars

[Hippyy123]

What are you talking about, I have seen plenty of people do bends on 13's, with their guitar in Eb. Its not impossible. Plus SRV put '58 Gibson Jumbo Bass frets on all his guitar necks. Bigger frets would have made the bends a bit easier. I play on 12's over 4 hours a day, i don't know how you can rip your fingers on 9's. but still the lowest string gauge SRV ever used was 11's. He never used 9's man.

[Fenderbluesman17]

You can rip your fingers on 4's if they made them, just the duration of how long you play. I'd love to see a video of you bending your first string up to your 6th...

[Hippyy123]

i suppose thats true, but it would also depend on the person, some people's fingers cant handle higher gauge strings. Hey they do make 8's though. Ha! Thats kind of a hyperbolic request don't you think. I can bend up to a major third on my first string, but the string would likely snap anyways if you tried to bend it that far.

[Maxharddrive64]

His high E was actually a .13..he did use lighter gage...but your right he never used anything lower than .11 gage.

[AspergerL]

Just like me... i go from 13 to 11 and back all the time

[andrewbaltzer]

im glad stevie used a wild tone for tokyo.

[tarox2ms]

nice quality:D

[fritzvongarrett]

3:41 to 4:00 Totally awesome, Stevie is the man.

[wvgriffn]

Filmed in Japan 1-24-1985 , i have the 2 hr. show on DVD from a Lazer Disc . My favorite of all SRV ever !! He come's out at first smoking a pipe ! AWESOME !!!!!!!

[savagepug]

Man I could listen to Stevie jam all day long...

[jassrv]

@savagepug hell yeah im with ya on that he kicks ass  we love and mis you SRV and you will never be forgotten =)

[TheKogunEnjou]

@savagepug I typically do.

[HerrPudding]

@savagepug

I do!

[NYBWS]

The begging riff, John Mayer was using that for Everyday I Have the Blues off of Where The Light Is

[kyleatols16]

ROCK ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! STEVIE RAY

[pablobs24]

guitar god

[fritzvongarrett]

3:40-3:60 Just amazing. Play on Stevie, rest in peace.

[sebavaughan]

maestro de las escalass pentatonicas

[sebavaughan]

Un Dios se las escalas pentatonicas

[Lanny1966]

Became a fan when I first heard this song back when it first came out!

[MrCaribbean]

outstanding performance!

[dmdevotee08]

Que capo!!! excellent!

[joshscus]

I'm reading the biography of SRV called "Caught in the Crossfire" and apparently for this entire performance Stevie and Tommy were coked out of their minds. Tommy went so far as saying that he doesn't remember Japan at all. haha with that said, i can't beleive they still play as good as they do here

[callycat23]

the drug years for those guys were tough but surprisingly they did still sound alright, not even close as to when they came out of it but still pretty impressive, much better then when Clapton had his stint with drugs, he was missing notes left and right, also had no clue that book existed, how is it?

[HendrixClaptonSRV]

@joshscus yea, in alot of the japan interviews theyre coked up too. but doing cocaine dosent inhibit your playing at all. if anything.. lol if anything you play better. dont do coke though.

[Bluezking]

I would have loved it if came out(soul to soul)like this video.

Tnx fr posting skin7.

[sebavaughan]

AMEN ENCERIOOOO! JAJJAJA

[lorthan119]

Hey guys i need to kno. do i need the same kind of guitar to mk the sam sound as him?

cus mine doesnt have the peice that l00ks like stick that strecthes the sound. wats it called. cus i need be able to play this.

[KSIAxeMan24]

Lol, you mean the tremolo bar? (aka whammy bar)

[dropless2002]

His vibrato is killar- 12 or 13 gauge strings. WOW!!

-Yord

[sebavaughan]

Es increible no me canso de escucharlo...

P.D : te amo paisanita (l)

[sebavaughan]

No es humano Stevie! es un Dios

[Zebatar]

(Blues + Rock + Funk + Soul + Hendrix on Acid + Conviction + Sizzling Tone + Incredible Note Transitions) * Herculean String Bends = SRV, The King of the Six String.

[Monsterdrumma]

AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[strandwolf]

Just a magnificent groove.

[Chiodoskid]

dont forget bonham in those jams...and geddy lee when he dies..and bon scott

[Scouser238]

he shredded it

[phantom5691]

he was a national treasure...may his soul rest in peace

[yhs1981]

Talk about badass here it is. history in the making. Thanks for posting.

[OutbackBros]

Either way....this is one Kick AZZ number & one of my fave SRV tracks of all time....thanks for this Mate!

[bluessmith]

Stevie does what ever the fuck hes feeling right then. Personaly I like a little dversity, which is why I think I like SRV and jimi so much. Gotta love that pure Vibrotone though. Can you imagine how god damned loud it must have been in there?

[jrbaconcheez]

i would do anything to have been there too...

[bluessmith]

oh yeah

[phantom5691]

could you imagine the sick jams he and jimi are having in the sky right now???!!!

[tyler124307]

thats not an effect he has on the guitar ( i dont mean the wah pedal) the vibratone, it's the sound you get when you hear an organ and a guitar at the same time

[bluessmith]

I know thats not an effect. Fender made an amp in the mid 60's called the "Vibrotone". Which had A "Leslie" rotating speaker built-in to it. and considering this is before Reese joined the crew I'm not sure why you think someone is playing an organ. Its the amp man.

[RasmusAV]

in this song it's a must to use a wah.

hehe.

this isn't the best version i've heard.

but it's pretty good.

listen to the performence at Monteux 85.

it's great!

he's using the wah from 01:00 - ....

All the best.

Rasmus Volden

R.A.V.

[Sjjags]

No Wah...

:(

[HendrixClaptonSRV]

hes using it i think.

[tommy2win123]

some thing wrong with your ears?

[rhcpmd]

he's using the wah wah but not in the intro watch the full video!

[grga888]

He wasn't using the wah-wah in the beggining cause this was at the time when the song was still in the progress and played a bit slower tempo than usual!

[csi2448]

Yeah it's like listening to some of Stevie's boots I have when he's first performing stuff off of In Step back in 88 before the album's even come out. The song's have a totally different feel to them

[grga888]

Yeah like on that Asbury Park 1988 show (I have that one in my collection) where Stevie did one of the first songs that would later appear on the In Step as, The House Is The Rockin, Leave My Little Girl Alone, Crossfire and tunes like that, as you said still songs in progression before the final songs that would appear on the actuall album!

[grga888]

This was an early version of Say What.Stevie didn't go to the studios until march of that year where he he developed the song in Say What that we all know today.Slower beat than the original,but man quite amzing playing and sound.

[ECistheBEST]

he uses the wah after like 1 min... he seems like he's using either a leslie speaker or a flanger/phaser effect tho...

[STINISSS]

jesus wtf happen he got his wah stolen or what???? why is he using it????

[eliteslayer66]

i dont get it wats with the people and the CAM websites? i keep seeign them everywhere

[bluesman619]

holy crap the integration of cold shot and say what is absolutely amazing!

[finbarmaginn]

the tempo is slower in this one than the origonal studio recording, i think the studio sounds better cuz of that. that song realy needs a fast tempo to keep it goin

[fernorasta]

SRV es lo más......el wa-wa le queda re bien al tema.......

[jedblack]

its like a cross between say what and coldshot..I'm lovin' it!!

[yadaim]

This is way cool but it isnt the real Say what.

But this is a great vid man thanx!!

[Davey1977]

Awesome, I've never heard the whole version of this one, it's way cooler i think without the wah!

[danielroy25]

no fucking way, wah version rapes this one, but its only an opinion

[trock151]

its just a great jam!!!

[bluessmith]

Thanks man, that would be awesome.

[bluessmith]

Tommy is really diggin it. Great version of "Say What!!". Do you think you could put some more Tokyo songs on here? That was a great concert. Thanks for posting

[Rumplestiltskin7]

yeah...i'm going to add more videos soon